Gallery: Walgreen history

Founder Charles Walgreen Sr. in the 1930s. He remained a pharmacist at heart and could still wield a mortar and pestle in the 1980s.

PHOTO CREDIT: Supplied by the company.

The first Walgreen store, at 4134 S. Cottage Grove Ave. in Chicago. Charles Walgreen Sr. bought his former boss's pharmacy for $6,000. Handyman Caleb Danner is at right; the name of the man on the left is not known.

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